Foul Smell in Nose AFTER Sinus Surgery

[ricocsk]

I've been reading a lot of posts about "smells" in the nose, but I haven't seen anything with my particular circumstance.
Three weeks ago, I had sinus surgery. I had thickening in the frontal and maxillary sinuses, and a couple of polyps removed. Recovery was going fine until yesterday when I began to have this smell in my nose. I have a relative who has chronic bad breath. The only way I know to describe the smell is to say that it smells like my aunt's bad breath. It can be very faint, but at times will come on very strong like opening a garbage can and getting an intense wave of bad smelling stuff. I'm also getting a lot more drainage down my throat and have actually had to blow my nose more these last two days than I did the first three weeks after surgery.

I have been using saline spray numerous times a day since my surgery, so I can't figure out why I would start having these problems now.

[redtressd]

OMG.. I am so glad to have found this forum.  I had sinus surgery several years ago and ever since then have had the occasional musty smell in my sinuses.  When I tried to describe to my ENT (not the one that did my surgery) they look at me like I am nuts....I have been scoped 4 times in the past 8 months and my insurance doesn't cover the scoping..

Songbird, Mommy and Radar...Thank you for letting me know I am not the only one out there that has the alien life forms in me...lol   I get a tickle...way back in the sinuses...and after a period of time...when I finally block one side of nose and sniff in...I get this "chunk" of green hard stuff hitting the back of my throat.  It seems to go in stages.  

[pandatx]

I am so incredibly thankful that I found this forum.  I had sinus surgery 11 days ago.  Yesterday I had this incredible pressure on my right side and I just felt that something had to come out.  I did the Neti pot twice in a row and all of the sudden this dark reddish/black clot (looked like a leech) started to come out of the nostril but would not come out without blowing.  I was told I could start to blow gently but to be honest I think I blew a little bit more forecefully than what I'd call gentle.  Anyway, this happened twice yesterday but since then I've had this sharp, relentless pain on that side in my sinuses (cheek and forehead) and around my eye.   It actually woke me up at 2:30 this morning and I haven't gotten back to sleep.  My throat also hurts.  I have a follow up with my ENT the day after tomorrow but does this sound like something I need to call about sooner?  

And PS I have had this horrendous smell also.  It comes and goes but I keep telling my husband it smells like bad plastic.

[DallysMOM]

I had surgery on April 27 and still home recovering, this is the most informative forum I have found.  I have been going back to the Dr's every 4 days so that he can suction out the sinus and I can not begin to tell you what comes out, not human but after I can breath again.  Than after approx 3 days I block up and can't breath through my nose again.  My jaw is in pain from mouth breathing.  I am on antibiotics for 24 days, steroids to reduce swelling, anti nausea medicine and pain pills.  I found this site today because I am starting to get a odd smell, not tire like but almost sweet.  I keep asking my husband what he is cooking. I am also doing the ne;lmed bottle 4-5 times a day but now the stuff coming down the throat instead of through the nose, most times I can get out through my mouth without swallowing this nasty stuff.  Back on Tuesday for another exam, signed out of work for 3 1/2 weeks already.

[maldo212]

I just had sinus surgery on april 29th  - polyps and deviated septum.  I now have this foul odor coming out of my left nostril where the polyps were removed.  The odor is driving me crazy!  Glad I found this forum and am not the only one with the foul odor problem.  I use the nelimed nasal rinse twice a day and use a saline spray 2-3 times a day.  I'm hoping that whatever it is that is causing the odor will flush out.  My next ENT dr. appt is in 2 months - should I wait that long or should I call the dr. to get an appt. quicker.  Help!  Thank you.  

[herekittykittykitty77]

I had revision septoplasty and turbinectomy almost four weeks ago, had been healing just fine, but all day I've had a wet dog smell in my nose.  So gross.  Also had a huge dark greenish purple booger come out this morning, which I guess is dried blood and mucus.

[rustyjarz]

I've had full house FESS almost 3 weeks ago now and I've had / having phantom smells too. Mine are different though. I've been smelling baked beans (something I cooked well before the op.) and an ex-girl friends woman aroma but I don't want to smell that because I stopped seeing her because of her 'aroma'. So is it plausible that what we are smelling is in fact old trapped aromas that are surfacing now because our sinuses are clearing out?